Investment Q&A

Q: Do you see Sun Life value coming back any time soon? A rise in interest rates by the Feds should help, however the stock is down from previous highs. Your thoughts.

Q: Hello
The following is my tfsa account
TD,CM,CAE,ATD,RY,DOL,MG,SIS,GIB,KXS
I would like to expand my portfolio by two or three stocks
What would you advise
Thanks

Q: Hi Guys,

I want to top up one of the following, Enbridge or Sun Life. Please advise.

thanks,

Jim

Q: Hi,

Of GWO, MFC & SLF, which do you prefer for total returns over the next couple of years & why?

Thanks,

Gord

Q: Hi, Please share your thoughts about Sunlife. would you consider current price as a good entry point. Also, do you expect share price to be volatile in near future with presidential issues south of the border.

Q: Can you rank the stocks best to worst in your opinion. These are the stock s that are in my Financial Services Sector. Would you add, swap or remove any of them? My portfolio holdings/thoughts are very similar to your BE Portfolio. I was thinking to remove RY. Thank you and great job.

Q: "oK" is not exactly a ringing endorsement for SLF. Is there another name in the space, other than MFC, that you think is a better hold for a conservative investor, or should I just hang in there? thanks,

Q: Would appreciate your comments on SLF's recent results and particularly what level of risk one should assign to the threat from the trend to low cost index funds.
Many thanks
Mike

Q: Why is SLF down so much today? Quarterly report doesn't look that bad and dividend was increased. What am I missing?

Q: The market isn't liking this second missed quarter. The price is now under the long-term trend (200 dma). What do you think about the quarter and switching for Manulife?

Q: Hello Peter,

Can you provide your thoughts on SLF latest earnings? Do you see the US weakness as something the company can manage through or is it time to make a switch to another insurer? Ideally, I would like to add to my position in this 2nd quarter in a row of weakness with the long term view of higher interest rates.

Thanks for all the great work and advice,
Angelo

Q: Hi, I'm looking for growth companies in the Financial sector, either Canada or US. I already have major banks covered, and not a big fan of the "payday loan" type companies that finance at very high rates such as gsy. Do you have any recommendations here, in the context of likely 2 small interest rate hikes per year in the US for the next couple of years, and generally positive economy?

Q: My son is currently 39 years old and is trying to develop a solid diversified portfolio. All of his holdings are in his RRSP except for some money in a Tangerine International growth fund which is in his TFSA. He has some new funds to add to his holdings. Could you please recommend some companies from your model portfolios that would add more diversification to his portfolio keeping in mind his relatively long investment horizon. As always, thanks for your advice.

Q: Down about 11%. Is it time to sell and allocate funds to CLX, RRX, BUS or other 5i recommendations?

Thanks
Dave.

Q: In our combined RRIF's, my wife and I have a 10.88% weighting in Financials (TD, BNS, PWF) of which PWF is 2.7%. I would like to buy more lifeco shares and wonder whether I should sell the PWF and put the proceeds into SLF, or just buy SLF to make up about 5% of total portfolios weighting.

Q: looking to buy sunlife. 3-5 year

Q: Just joined your service and am looking to reproduce your balanced portfolio. The only insurance company I currently hold is IFC. Would you recommend switching out to a life insurance company (SLF) especially with the predicted direction of interest rates?

Q: In a previous answer, you wrote:

"SLF cites that a 10% downturn in real estate assets would lead to a $175 million decrease in net income. With operating net income in Q2 of $474 million, while a real estate decline would 'hurt', we do not think it would be a company ending event."

The figure you cite here represents a 37% loss of net income in a 10% downturn. I've heard a number of times that a 40% downturn is possible, or worse, so wouldn't that mean SLF could find itself in very serious trouble? If so, are there any other insurance companies (Canadian & US) that you might recommend as a way of capitalizing on rising rates, which could weather a severe real estate decline more easily? The names I've been considering are POW, MFC in Canada and AIG, MET, PRU, CB of in the USA. Thanks for any thoughts on these or other companies.

Q: Hi,
I have a few thousand dollars to put into something looking for high potential growth. I have many years I can wait, don't need income (but all drips available are being utilized). Without considering portfolio weightings which of these would you consider to have the most upside? I'm totally ok with risk, as I have the well balanced, safer part of my portfolio in place. If not any of these could you offer a few other names please. If you like the names I've listed could you rank them in order of preference for high growth?

Thanks!

Q: i currently only hold bns for financials. It has been very good over the last year. I'm thinking about adding slf (to hedge against potential interest rate hikes) and fsz for some extra upswing potential to balance against the security of bns. I'm 31 years old, they're all held in my tfsa, I'm thinking long term and am ok with risk. Do you have issues with either of these two? Is there others you'd prefer to accomplish what I'm looking for? Do you think rate increases will push bns down enough to make it cheaper to add to or is trying to get the timing right with that not worth waiting for?

Thanks!